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You must give this game a try.. I am sure you won't regret

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 24
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Personally, the Gothic series (gothic 1, gothic 2, and the gothic 2 addon NOTR) is by far the best games I have ever played, and I really played a lot of games. This is the only game that kept me playing almost 30 hours straight. I was attrackted by its environement, storyline, music, graphics, you name it. Everything about this game is awesome. I played each game at least 5 times. It was disappointing that the Gothic 2 addon was delayed for so long. At that time, I couldn't wait so I bought the german version eventhough I don't know german at all. Using some pathces, it was ok to sue the german version trying to read subtitle fasgt while hearing strange language :)I have ordered this late coming Gothic 2 gold nevertheless to play it yet again now in english for both hearing and subtitles :)

Among the Best RPG's EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 93 / 98
Date: November 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'll keep this short... cause the time it takes me to type this will take time away from playing Gothic II Gold!
This RPG is among the best I've played (over 20 years of gaming).
This new release of a 3 year old game is far better than most recent games, the story, the exploration, the character development... even the graphics, all great, all well done.

If you played Gothic II there is almost 30 hours (!) of additional content, including a new land, expanded dialog of well-known characters, new items, new spells, improved visuals... and tougher gameplay to keep it a challenge, certainly worth the price.

The bad... you can't use old saves, you must start a new games, still, so much is new and fresh from the older version, starting over is a joy.

Replay value is very high, so many choices for characters, friends, enemies and career paths that each game will be a challenge and does not get old or typical.
So, for less than 20 bucks you can get about 150 hours (or more) of quality gameplay, a bargain for sure.

STARFORCE !!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 63
Date: December 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Purchased Stubbs-Zombie, Spellforce Platinum and Gothic Gold.
I contacted Aspyr due to a "key bug" in Spellforce Platinum and found out(...customer support)Aspyr embedds STARFORCE in their games.
I won't write another STARFORCE review: read Stubbs or Spellforce Platinum on my view and others on STARFORCE.

I already own Gothic 2; great game.
IMO, it's better than Gothic, which I rate 5 stars.
Get the original; less potential problems.

excellent RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: December 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is just a well-designed non-linear RPG with lots to explore, interesting and varied quests, plenty of items to play with and not overly easy. Only the voice acting prevents me from giving it 5 stars.

Great fun (and probably over 100 hours for most players)!

one caveat if you buy it...there's some important info in the readme file.

Don't Overlook This Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just finished Gothic 2 and all I can say is.. WOW, what an awesome game. The story line was great and the slight quirkiness from this game having been translated from German to English helped make it unique. I really liked the ability to explore and do tons of unrelated quests without being trapped by a story line.

Gothic II: Gold is Gothic II: Complete

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 35 / 49
Date: January 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As the original gothic II had plot holes and dialogue holes(as in the American version) this one has those dialoge and holes filled. Right off the bat(not just Raven) you meet new NPCs not in the original(II). Lester is more useful and most of the blanked out areas are now filled with incodents. Your bow-arrow friend from Gothic 1 helps you(as you are weak) fight off the gobs in the camp on your first trek to town. He also points you to your other friend Lester(in Original II and I) with another "Option" for begging the guards. Most missing dialogue in the original(as in II) is filled with V/O and some german subtitles(which is okay by me). This IS the german version with english V/O translations. It is not sensored or (Cut) and is better than (II non Raven exp). The cow who gets eaten in the intro is sensored(I don't know if this was originally intended but paranah really does "Bite"). Raven fills in the gap of the anceints history and gives you a plot dealing with these supieror peoples(compared to common locals in the present).
CAUTION the box says including "Original game" It means (with : colon) Original II. No Gothic 1. Don't listen to the review saying Gothic 1 is included, it, in fact, is not.
CAUTION!!! as mentioned below, this does contain STARFORCE. I don't like it, but it is not slow on a typical modern PC. I still don't approve of such things, but it's livable for Gothic II GOld. don't use Windows 98(or SE) it will crash often.
PC1 XPPro 2ghz, 1gig ram, Radeon 9800 XT(Asus)-runs well.
PC2 Win 98 SE 1.4 ghz 256 mb ram, Nvidia PNY Ti 500 Starforce cache slows system and taxes OS mem.

Note on install/start

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 38 / 41
Date: January 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have not played this game through yet, but I'd like to warn buyers that the installation instructions neglect to specify that ALL four CDs have to be installed for Gothic II Gold to run at all. The WISE installation runs you through installing 3 of the disks, but does not prompt for the installation of CD 4, which is the "Night of the Raven" add-on: the game will not start without the add-on installed which has to be run seperately. (You get a message something like "Insert original CD?" when you try to launch without CD 4 installed.) The box manual mentions nothing about this nor does the the JoWooD website tech support section (which advises you to unload services and update your device drivers): it's only noted by a user in one of the English user forums for Gothic 2. Once you do install CD 4, you will have another Gothic II icon on your desktop and the original icon will be dead. The second (blue) icon will finally launch the game. Other users on the JoWooD forum note that the game with the NOTR add-on is significantly different than the original Gothic II.

Update: after a few days with this, I have to reluctantly report that this is possibly one of the most frustrating games I have ever run on my system. The game makes heavy use of a virtual memory "database" and no matter how I adjusted the pagefile size, it inevitably crashed W2K after an hour or so (and I have RAM to burn). There is a patch available that fixes the problem on some XP systems, but it had no effect on mine. If you have a dedicated game pc, you may be used to dealing with these kind of issues, but I've played heavy-duty, multi-use-pc-friendly RPGs (ElderScrolls, Baldur's Gate)for too many years to have any patience for reconfiguring an OS (and, if you believe JoWood, your BIOS, services, video, audio and CD FlashBIOS and drivers)for a single app.

Gothic II offers a great fantasy world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: January 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, Gothic 2 offers a really impressive fantasy world as you didnt see it in any other game. Its really a pity that it wasnt released earlier in north america. Its much better than Morrowind or Neverwinter Nights.

Gothic 2 has a huge detailed designed world with great quests and a great story. Its really adictive.

Discovering Interface is Half the Fun!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: February 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played all the way through the game yet, but am having a pretty good time so far. Gothic 2 plays like all RPG's should play in my opinion. Lots of quests, lots of loot and a non-linear game design.

My only gripe is this. As someone who never played the Gothic series before, I felt a little out of the loop in regards to the storyline. Discovery is half the fun in these games though, so that's a minor gripe. My major gripe is the lack of documentation that came with my copy of the game. All that came with it was a Quick Start Manual that is all of 16 pages long... and only 8 of those pages contain info helpful to playing the game. Only the most rudamentary interface commands are given. The rest you will have to figure out yourself (fan-sites were helpful to me). Also, the interface itself takes alot of getting used to as it's not very intuitive.

For the money, Gothic 2 is a huge bargain. Many hours of RPG goodness with just a dash of interface frustration. If you're into RPG's, this is a must buy.

Best kept secret

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: March 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am not what you would call a gamer, but this game is a hidden jewel among PC games. How I stumbled on the Gothic II game back in 2003 is pure chance. When I started playing it I was hooked. The graphics are beautiful and I love the genre. My one complaint would be the voices are a little corny. I would much prefer authentic English or some other Western European accent. When I heard that an add on was coming I was thrilled. Unfortunately, it did not come out in the English until late 2005 or early 2006. I personally did not get it until 2006. I have been playing the add on and I completely enjoy it just like I did Gothic II. I understand Gothic III is in the makings, please don't make us English speakers wait too long. Like the title says I think the Gothic games are some of the best kept gaming secrets here in the U.S. keep them coming.

Jim

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